Iowa City Council members are at center of community

Councilors involved in county, school politics

9:41 PM,
Oct. 30, 2013

Written by

Adam B Sullivan
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

The three candidates who win Iowa City Council seats in the Nov. 5 election will have to deal not only with Iowa City's often-contentious politics, but also with the county, school district and neighboring towns, all of whom sometimes have different interests.

The city has been both praised and criticized by leaders from other jurisdictions in recent months.

Relations between city government and county government have been sometimes tense. Disagreement arose over how much each jurisdiction should pay to support the area paratransit service. What's more, county leaders complain that ...